Page 6, Portland Observer Back-To-School Special, September 1, 1988
Child
Support
ISSUE
If you can’t get it,
we will.
Oregon Child Support Program
THE PROGRAM
In 1975, Congress enacted Ti­
tle IV-D of the Social Security
Act, requiring all states have in
effect a state wide child support
program by January 1976 In Ore­
gon, the Department of Human
Resources was designated to ad­
m inister the program, which is
located in the Recovery Services
Section of the Adult and Family
Services Division.
Despite gradual reductions in
the rate of federal funding provid­
ed to states, Oregon consistently
ranks among the nation’s top
states in efficiency and effec­
tiveness of its program. Oregon’s
excellent automated data system
has been chosen as a model for
duplication in other states. As of
1987, Oregon stars as the central
point and hub for an exciting new
computerized program, electroni-
c a lly lin k in g p a r tic ip a tin g
western states while serving as a
national model for the automated
enhancement of child support
enforcement services.
The program is responsible for
locating absent parents, estab­
lishing and enforcing child sup­
port orders, establishing paterni­
ty, and collecting and recording
child support payments. The pro­
gram fu lfills requirements and
services by coordinating efforts
from federal, state and county
levels.
FUNDING
The funding for the child sup­
port program is contributed by
the federal government at 68%,
while the state and county share
the remaining portion of total
costs.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Oregon has strengthened its
commitment to child support en­
forcement over the years to meet
the needs of a changing society.
This has paralleled a growing
com m itm ent by the Federal
government to child support
enforcement.
1862 Oregon law first involved county district attorneys in domestic
relations cases and authorized courts to enforce the collection
of child support.
1950 The Federal government amended the Social Security Act by
requiring state welfare agencies to notify appropriate law en­
forcement officials whenever Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)
was furnished for a child because of abandonment or desertion
by one or both parents.
1957 Oregon established the Welfare Recovery Divison (WRD) in the
Department of Justice as a permanent state agency charged
with investigating welfare fraud and collecting child support for
ADC children.
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1959 Oregon passed legislation requiring county district attorneys to
give priority to child support enforement.
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1962 Oregon passed legislation requiring that all child support
payments be made through the clerk of the court for each
county. This legislation made the court clerks responsible for
keeping official payment records.
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1963 The Oregon Welfare Commission (now the Adult and Family
Services Division, or AFS) established a separate unit for
investigating and recovering welfare fraud. This left WRD
responsible solely for establishing and enforcing support
obligations for ADC children.
1975 The Federal government amended the Social Security Act by
adding a new section (Title IV-D), entitled "CHild Support Pro­
gram: Child Support and Establishment of Paternity.” This
established the first national child support program.
To meet federal requirements under the new Title IV-D, the
Oregon legislature established Oregon’s Child Support Pro­
gram. Program responsibility was assigned to the Department
of Human Resources (DHR). DHR delegated responsibility for
Oregon’s Child Support Program to the Adult and Family Serv­
ices Division (AFS). W ithin AFS, this program is now located in
the Recovery Services Section.
CSP became responsible for overall administration of the child
support enforcement program in Oregon. Responsibilities
included:
• Receiving, disbursing, and providing central record-keeping
services for child support cases in Oregon.
•
Establishing cooperative agreements with county district
attorneys, under which the district attorneys qualify for partial
federal funding for child support enforcement activities.
•
Contracting with the Support Enforcement Division (SED,
formerly WRD) of Oregon’s Department of Justice, ofr
establishing and enforcing child support obligations on ADC
cases.
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